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"Good," Zanka gave a nod of approval as he landed back and disabled Lovely Assistaff. He turned his back and started going back inside.
Fu clenched his shaking hands. He stood trembling in the front yard watching Zanka leave.
They spent their afternoon training outside. Zanka was fresh out of the hospital bed and eager to train, and Hii was the perfect opponent. And now —
"Umm… He- hey… ummm… mister Zanka?" Fu tried.
Zanka didn't stop, he just turned his head toward him and gave him a funny look.
Fu started twiddling his thumbs and took three long breaths to gather his courage.
"Umm… Are we done? Wh- where are you going?" he finally asked.
"Aye. We're done for today. And it's dinner time where do you think I'm going?" Zanka answered, still heading towards the main building.
"O-oh. Right," Fu started nodding his head.
"Mister Zanka?" he tried again. He was near the doors, he had to ask now before he is gone.
"What is it now?"
"Um, I was just, just wondering… what do you want me to do now? Do you have any orders for me?"
"Nah," Zanka answered.
He opened the doors and got in. He didn't close them. What does that mean? Should Fu go there and close them for him?
Fu made one step forward and stopped. His legs were trembling. What does he do now? Orders, orders. Fu needs orders.
"You coming or not? You know how fast food vanishes when Riyo and Rudo arrive." Zanka's shout came from inside.
Fu brightened. Nobody here gives him orders except boss Enjin and that sweet spelling alpha. Everyone else refuses too. They give him little nuggets of information and he has to find orders in them. Like this. Zanka was kind and gave him some guidance.
"I- I'm coming," he shouted back and hurried after Zanka.
By the time he came, Zanka already had his food and was eating at the table next to Follo and Riyo. Fu followed the hint Zanka gave him and grabbed a plate. When he finished putting some spaghetti on his plate he turned and ran into another problem.
He was standing next to the serving table and kept moving his head from one side of the room to the other, eyes zeroing onto the table Zanka was at. Left, right, Zanka. Top left corner, Zanka, bottom right corner. Top right corner —
"Oy, you planning on just standing there?" Zanka said.
Fu straightened himself in preparation for a command. When none came, he hunched his back and started trembling.
Zanka gave a long sigh. He pulled up a chair next to him and continued eating.
Fu dragged his feet towards the chair. He reluctantly put his plate on the table. Riyo was just watching his misery. When neither Follo nor Zanka said anything, he slowly sat on the chair.
Dinner was unusually quiet since there were so few people around. Follo and Riyo started to talk about his training with Alan but Fu didn't dare to say anything. The peace was only interrupted by Dear and Guita's tantrum when Santa tried to get them to eat carrots.
Fu finished his plate and stared at it. When he heard Zanka putting his utensils down, he looked up. Zanka pushed his plate and stood up. Fu can do that. When given no commands, it's best to follow the boss around. They put away their plates and Fu started jittering again.
"Um… Mister Zanka what do we do now?" he asked.
"I'm taking a shower and then sleep. I hear Enjin is back early from his mission, you can go bother him."
Mister Zanka is so good to Fu. He gave him a command, even though it could have been worded more clearly.
"Yes, sir. I am going to master Enjin to get my new orders," Fu said and smiled.
He turned around and went into the hallway. One turn left, one story up and he was was on the right place. First door, second, third… a ha, fifth. Fu knocked thee times.
"Master Enjin? I heard you are back. I am ready for the new set of orders."
Nobody answered.
Fu knocked two more times. His voice was shakier now.
"Master Enjin? Are you here?"
Again, nothing.
Fu started shaking now.
Just as he raised his hand to knock again, the door opened.
Enjin was shirtless, his hair wet.
"M- master Enjin?"
Enjin just stared at him.
Fu raised his other hand and clasped them together. His fingers started to shake.
Enjin went back inside and left the door wide open.
"Come in."
"Yes, yes, master Enjin. I am happy to help you."
He went in and looked at Enjin who was lying on his side on the bed. His sweet scent was all over the room. Oh.
"Master Enjin, what do you command? Should I bring you something? Do you need me to bring someone to spend your heat with? Or do you want me to —"
"Get in."
Oh. Master Enjin wants to spend his heat with him.
This is not bad. He has spent heats with omegas before. He thinks he did a decent job as an alpha, even if Jabber had a few dozen complaints. He is better at this than he is at helping other alphas in their ruts. He can do this. If that is what his new boss wants, he has no right to complain. Ah, it's so good to get clear commands again.
"Sir, yes, sir," he said and came to the nest.
He started to unclasp his jacket. A hand came out of the nest and snaked around his waist.
"Master Enjin?"
He didn't get a reply. He was pulled into the nest. He toppled over Enjin.
He got up from the omega and sat down.
The hand found itself around his waist again and he was pulled down. Enjin made him lie next to him and he trapped him with his arm and leg so he doesn’t try escaping again.
"Um… Master Enjin? What do you want me to do?"
"Don't move."
"Okay. I can do that. Thank you."
Enjin nuzzled his cheek. Oh. That is nice.
"What did the pups do while I was away?"
"Oh. Um... Riyo… Riyo trained with Follo. They were testing his abilities with his hammer. Rudo was with team Child. I don't know what they did."
"And you and Zanka?"
"We… we trained too. Zanka wanted to see how he holds up against Hii."
"Hmmm," Enjin moved up to his hair.
"You don't smell right."
"Oh. Um… I can go shower if boss wants it so," Fu started to get up.
"Stay."
"Oh. Okay. Whatever boss wants," he laid down again.
Enjin started moving his head into Fu's hair again. Fu didn't move.
After a few minutes, Enjin moved his head back. He hugged Fu tighter and gave a long sigh.
"Much better now."
"O- okay." Fu didn't know what was going on.
Enjin moved his arm from his chest to his stomach, from there to his chest. He repeated the motion five times.
Oh. Boss is cuddling me, Fu thought. Previous one never did that. And neither did any other Raider. This is nice. I could get used to this.
Fu closed his eyes and relaxed. Yes, he could get used to this.
Enjin settled his arm at his chest and tightened his grip. He brought his face closer to Fu's head.
He smells nice, Fu thought. Usually his scent is shrouded in cigarette smoke, but now he can sense marshmallows. Hmmmm. Is that why Rudo felt so safe with boss? Because Enjin smelled like warm candy?
The nest is so nice too. All warm and soft. Nothing like Jabber's collection of rags. Fu always had to be extra careful not to get stabbed by something there. Or to disturb any of his experiments Jabber put inside for some reason.
Yes, this is nice. Very comfortable. Even if it wasn't, boss's scent would fix it.
Enjin removed his arm from Fu.
"What? Did I not do something right? Do you want something? I would prefer not to leave, but if boss commands it so I would be happy to."
Enjin didn't respond. He slowly put his hand into Fu's hair and started to gently stroke his hair.
"Good pup."
"Ohh… thank you boss," he said. His cheeks reddened. He doesn’t know what he did right, but as long as boss is happy he is happy too.
They stayed like that for a long time. Fu was so comfortable. He was in a nice nest, surrounded by boss's scent, with a soft hand in his hair. He hopes he gets to do this again.
He doesn't remember when was the last time he was this relaxed. Last boss never scented him. Even if he did, Fu wouldn't have liked it as much. He didn't smell as good as this one. And the stench of his odd food was… not pleasant.
This is so cozy Fu is fighting to stay awake.
Boss's scent is becoming stronger by the minute. The pleasant warmth of his body is slowly becoming too much for Fu.
Enjin suddenly removed his hand from Fu's hair and untangled their legs. Fu wanted to protest but he couldn't bring himself to complain. Whatever boss wants, Fu will do so.
"Okay, time for you to leave," Enjin said and stretched.
"O- okay, boss," Fu forced himself to say.
He slowly raised from the warm nest and started to go towards the door. Two steps away from the softest nest he has been in when —
"Leave your jacket here."
"Oh. Okay boss, thank you boss," Fu said.
He quickly removed his jacket and offered it with shaking hands.
Enjin snatched it and started turning around. His eyes flew over the entire nest four times before he decided what he wanted to do. He started moving things around. An old shirt that faintly smells like Gris was moved to the feet area. A blanket that still smells like Rudo was moved to the side and Fu's jacket was placed right on the right side where Enjin's arm is when he splays around.
"You can go sleep, Fu."
"Yes, sir. Thank you, I'm glad I could be of help." Fu smiled and exited the room.
He skipped down the hall. Boss was so nice. He is so happy. On top of being given orders, he got to cuddle with boss. That has never happened before. It was nice. This boss is so nice. And he smells so good.
Fu could use a shower as he was still sweaty from his training with Zanka. But boss said to go to sleep, so he is going right to bed. Besides, it will be nice to have Enjin's scent around him for more time.
As he neared the end of the hall, he stopped. Oh. He can't go sleep. He must first get a clarification. But boss already dismissed him.
He went up a flight of stairs. He approached Zanka's room with shaky legs, and raised his hand to knock.
"Mister Zanka? I need help."
The door opened to a grumpy Zanka.
"What? Why are you not in your room? What could you possibly need?" He contiuned grumbling.
"Um… Well… I- I was just with master Enjin and he… umm… he ordered me to go sleep… but… um… boss is in heat and I noticed he didn't have any provisions in his room, so I think I should go get some but boss didn't order anything and I don't know what to do so I thought maybe you could give me directions."
Zanka kept looking at him, unimpressed. Fu started to fidget with his hands.
"You— right." He gave a sigh like it pains him to have to speak with Fu right now.
"Do you think he would want something to eat?"
"Yes, sir. I think boss Enjin would like to have something to eat when he is better." Fu nodded furiously.
"Well…," Zanka pinched his nose, "if you want to help Enjin… the kitchen is still open?" He spoke like it pained him to open his mouth.
"Is that an order to go get the food?"
"No. I'm telling you that if you want to help out Enjin you can."
"Um… Sir… Can you be more commanding?"
"No," Zanka said and shut the door into Fu's face. Oh. That… wasn't very helpful.
He came down the stairs to the dining area. The short trip took him much too long.
He was relieved to find Gris there when he arrived. He shuffled towards him.
"Um… mister Gris?" His voice was quiet.
"Oh, Fu. Nice seeing you here. I thought everyone already went to bed. What brings you here?"
The gentle alpha's smile comforted Fu. He was always so nice to him. And he wasn't shy to give him orders like the rest. In fact, his orders usually helped Fu a great bit.
Fu collected himself.
"Um… Boss Enjin is in heat, and… I noticed he didn't have anything to eat… but boss didn't order anything… so I went to mister Zanka but he too didn't—"
"Oh. What a good packmate you are," Gris smiled. "Wait here, I'm going to grab something for Enjin and you can go bring it to him."
Fu sighed in relief.
"Yes, sir. Thank you."
Gris was back with some crackers and a few apples after a moment or two. He handed it all to Fu.
"Um… Do I carry that to boss Enjin? You're command was not very clear, sir." Fu looked at the ground.
"Yes, go and take this to Enjin," Gris responded.
"Okay. Thank you, sir. Always a pleasure to get orders from you, sir," Fu said, nodded a few times and went out.
The trip up was much faster now with clear guidance. He was in front of Enjin's door in no time.
He knocked three times.
"Boss Enjin? I brought you food. You didn't say anything — but I thought — but mister Zanka didn't — but then Gris gave an order —"
The door opened to a blanket wrapped Enjin. He reached his hand towards Fu.
"Yes, sir, here you go boss," Fu said and handed over the food.
Enjin took it and threw it in his nest.
"Come closer."
Fu made two steps towards Enjin. His eyes were glued to the floor. He didn't want to look at him. Not when boss clearly commanded him to go sleep and he was here. Maybe he shouldn't have —
Pat. Pat. Pat pat.
A hand was in Fu's hair.
"Good pup." Two more pats on his head. "You go rest now."
"O-okay boss."
Enjin nodded and closed the door.
Fu walked down the hall towards the stairs. He went one floor up and entered sixth room on the left.
He went to his bed immediately. No sense in delaying obeying boss's orders. Especially when they are accompanied by some nice scenting and head rubs.